17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

The 17th Central Committee (17th CC) was elected by the 17th Congress on 21 October 2007, and sat until the 18th National Congress in 2012. The 17th CC is composed of full members and alternate members.[1] A member has voting rights, while an alternate does not.[1] If a full member is removed from the CC the vacancy is then filled by an alternate member at the next committee plenum — the alternate member who received the most confirmation votes in favour is highest on the order of precedence.[1] To be elected to the Central Committee, a candidate must be a party member for at least five years.[1]

Hu Jintao delivered a report on behalf of the Politburo, and a Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Rural Reform and Development setting basic goals for rural reform by 2020 submitted by Hui Liangyu was approved.

4th Plenary Session

15–18 September 2009

4 days

Hu Jintao delivered a report on behalf of the Politburo, Xi Jinping submitted the Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Major Issues on Strengthening and Improving Party Building under the New Circumstances. The focus was "on continuing to emancipate the mind, persisting in reform and opening up, promoting scientific development and social harmony".

5th Plenary Session

15–18 October 2010

4 days

Hu Jintao delivered a report on behalf of the Politburo, Wen Jiabao submitted the CPC Central Committee's Proposal for Formulating the 12th Five-Year Program for China's Economic and Social Development (2011-2015). Xi Jinping was appointed a vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission. Former manager of the China National Nuclear CorporationKang Rixin was expelled from the Party for corruption and graft.

6th Plenary Session

15–18 October 2011

4 days

Hu Jintao delivered a report on behalf of the Politburo, Li Changchun submitted to the plenum's discussion the CPC Central Committee's Decision on Important Issues for Deepening Cultural Reform and Promoting Development of Socialist Culture. It was decided that the 18th National Congress was to bo convened in the second half of 2012.

7th Plenary Session

1–4 November 2012

4 days

Hu Jintao delivered a report on behalf of the Politburo. The date of the 18th National Congress was set to 8 November 2012, and a draft Political Report as well as proposed amendments to the CPC Constitution were disclosed. The Politburo decisions of 28 September 2012 of expelling Bo Xilai from the Party, as well as the expulsion of former railway minister Liu Zhijun, were approved by the plenum. Fan Changlong and Xu Qiliang were appointed CMC vice chairmen.

L., Name (birth–death), Ethnicity, Office, Rank and CIM & CCDI membership are listed in accordance with the Hanzi column, but can be sorted alphabetical by pressing the button next to the column titles.

The L. (abbreviation of listing) column is listed in accordance with the official ordering.

The individuals below are listed according to the number of votes in favour received at the Party Congress that elected the Committee; if the number of votes in favour they received were the same, they are ordered by the number of strokes in their surnames.

Name (birth–death), Ethnicity, Office, and Rank can be sorted alphabetical by pressing the button next to the column titles.

^An active political position is considered to be any post in the party apparatus or the government. In other words, a position in the National People's Congress of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is not considered "active".

^Yu Youjun was Governor of Shanxi prior to the 17th Party Congress, but was sacked in the aftermath of the Shanxi slave labour scandal; he then became party group secretary of the Ministry of Culture, but was never made Minister.[2] He underwent investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and was placed on 2-year party membership probation, the most serious penalty for a party member short of an expulsion, and lost his seat on the Central Committee.[2]

^Yang Yanyin was promoted to provincial-ministerial ranks in 2004 as Executive Deputy Chair of the Working Committee of State Organs Directly under the Central Committee

^Yang Chonghui became Chair of the People's Political Consultative Conference of Yunnan province in 2003, making him a full-rank provincial-ministerial official

^Zhang Zuoji earned his Central Committee membership by virtue of his position as Governor of Liaoning but he resigned in December 2007 before reaching mandatory retirement age (65); he then served on a nominal advisory role for the remainder of his career in the CPPCC

^Meng's tenure in active politics came to an abrupt end in 2008 after the mudslide scandal in Shanxi province, where he was serving as governor. He was transferred to insignificant positions after that but maintained his rank.[4]

Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity, the Central Committee member- and alternate membership, Politburo membership, Secretariat membership, Central Military Commission members, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection membership, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, offices an individual held, retirement, if the individual in question is military personnel, female, has been expelled, is currently under investigation or has retired: